Software Engineer II

Affirm Affirm · Fintech · United Kingdom · Remote · Financial Platforms - Engineering

Software Engineer II role on the Consumer Payments team at Affirm, focusing on building and scaling backend systems for a fintech platform handling billions of dollars in transactions. Requires 1.5+ years of experience in backend development with Python or Kotlin, familiarity with distributed systems (AWS, Kubernetes), and strong collaboration skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. With the support of your team’s tech lead and manager, you will break down larger projects into individual tasks, deliver them in multiple phases, and collaborate with others to ensure timely delivery of your work.
  2. You will support your peers and stakeholders in the product development lifecycle by collaborating with product management, design & analytics by participating in ideation, articulating technical constraints, and partnering on decisions that properly consider risks and trade-offs.
  3. You will support the operations and availability of your team’s artifacts by creating and monitoring metrics, escalating when needed, and supporting “keep the lights on” & on-call efforts.
  4. You will contribute to a sense of community on your team by engaging in growth and development activities such as participation in the interview process.

Skills

Required

  • 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer
  • designing, developing and launching backend systems
  • Python or Kotlin
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes
  • MySQL
  • debugging others' code
  • providing feedback to other engineers through code reviews
  • strong verbal and written communication skills